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CVE-2015-4642
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-05-16T10:59:14.533 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:27:39.177

Summary

The escapeshellarg function in ext/standard/exec.c in PHP before 5.4.42, 5.5.x before 5.5.26, and 5.6.x before 5.6.10 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via a crafted string to an application that accepts command-line arguments for a call to the PHP system function.

Affected products

microsoft — windows

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References

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